FOSS gamedev and creative worlds

So I'm a little confused on how you go about paying for a server to be hosted for you. How do you go about this? Do you need a special type of server hosting? How much does it cost?

If you can't host it at home, you need at least a VPS. I'm running a server on a $3.50 / month VPS from http://www.buyvm.net/ For $3.50 / month I can't complain, it's usually just me and a few friends and it performs pretty good. They seem to have a really solid network.

I switched from a more powerful VPS with http://www.burst.net/ for $12 / month and I did have to remove mobf when I switched servers, but if you aren't running a ton of mods a cheap VPS will work fine.

BrandonReese wrote:If you can't host it at home, you need at least a VPS. I'm running a server on a $3.50 / month VPS from http://www.buyvm.net/ For $3.50 / month I can't complain, it's usually just me and a few friends and it performs pretty good. They seem to have a really solid network.

I switched from a more powerful VPS with http://www.burst.net/ for $12 / month and I did have to remove mobf when I switched servers, but if you aren't running a ton of mods a cheap VPS will work fine.

Thanks! :D

VPS are often disappointing in terms of CPU power (blame the people compiling Gentoo or such on their VPSes), but dedis are very expensive, so unless you want to host a server at home (it is cost-efficient, but to host a large amount of players [more than 10] you'll need at least 1mbit upload).